A technical fault in the electricity supply system between Anuradhapura and Vavuniya resulted in power outages in several areas across the island, according to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). MORE..
5 Mar 2026 (2:48 PM)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament (MP) Nalin Bandara claims that two coal grinding machines (pulverizers) at the Norochcholai Power Plant have become inoperative. MORE..
5 Mar 2026 (6:34 PM)
The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of Sri Lanka Police has taken steps to freeze a property valued at approximately Rs. 30 million that is allegedly linked to proceeds generated from drug trafficking. MORE..
5 Mar 2026 (7:51 PM)
A retired officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has filed a Fundamental Rights petition challenging the 90-day detention order on arrested former head of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. MORE..
5 Mar 2026 (5:19 PM)
India has rejected a report that claimed that the US was using its ports to strike Iran. MORE..
5 Mar 2026 (2:18 PM)
Iran s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Thursday accused the United States of committing an "atrocity" after a US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka. MORE..
5 Mar 2026 (3:54 PM)